Ahmed Younnis is a tribal leader in Muhallabiyah, a farming town west of Mosul in northern Iraq.
The old man was among our hosts one day when I went with some U.S. soldiers to visit the local police station. They put out a fabulous spread of veal, rice and flat bread, pickled peppers and cucumbers, sweet tea and soda pop.
Younnis chafed at what he perceived to be the Western media's message that Muslims are bad, and that Iraqis only want to kill Americans.
"We are Muslims. We are Arabs. We are Iraqis," he said as he plopped another chunk of veal on my plate. "We are happy to be here with you, peacefully together without problems."
Go back home to America, he said, and tell them "what you have seen with your eyes and heard with your ears."
With the Strykers in Iraq: Reflections
Ask and you shall receive - Michael Gilbert has written a great article recounting his time in Iraq with the SBCT.
[Link to Full Article]MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune
Ahmed Younnis is a tribal leader in Muhallabiyah, a farming town west of Mosul in northern Iraq.
The old man was among our hosts one day when I went with some U.S. soldiers to visit the local police station. They put out a fabulous spread of veal, rice and flat bread, pickled peppers and cucumbers, sweet tea and soda pop.
